Monday, January 12, 2015

On the Senate Torture Report

First off, I'm not going to take a stand as to whether it should have been released or not. A strong case could be made on both sides of the argument and I'm personally ambivalent. BUT, if you are going to release the thing, shouldn't you at least be complete about it? I mean, I know that the Senate has fully descended into partisan politics, foolishness, incompetence, etc. (both sides) but how in the hell do you do a torture report and not include rendition (which started under Clinton, mushroomed under Bush, and continues to this day under Obama) or the torture that took place in the military (Abu Ghraib, for example)? It makes zero sense and you really do have to wonder about the motivation here (the CIA possibly being easier to link to Bush - one thought).

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